It is as though someone has drilled peep holes into the walls of emergency rooms, operating rooms and doctors' offices. I can't look away.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

You Know You're A Medblog Addict

Well, this is embarrassing. All of these are true.

You know you must be a medblog addict when:

You are planning a romantic weekend getaway to another state and wonder “If we were in an accident and had to be taken to the ER, would I see MonkeyGirl, ER Nursey, DisappearingJohn . . .?”

You blush and inappropriately laugh out loud in Court because you are reading one of TrenchDoc’s posts while you wait for your case to be called.

You hear something on the news and think “I wonder if Scalpel is going to blog about that?

You are in the mood to cook, but instead of looking in a cookbook or searching for a recipe online, you click on The Blog That Ate Manhattan.

Your secret crush on an ER doc changes from Dr. Kovak to Dr. X.

You look at the scar on your belly and think “If Dr. Schwab had done my chole, that scar would be about two inches shorter.”

You walk around the office all day wearing Diet Coke on the front of your blouse because you made the mistake of drinking while reading MDOD.

It’s 10:00 p.m., you’re at work, and all of your friends are pissed because you had to work late AGAIN and are missing ANOTHER celebration. Needing a break, you click on Doc’s Girl’s blog because you want to read a friendly voice.

You read that Charity Doc was on one of those ER shows on the Discovery Channel and ever since then, you have been trying to figure out which doctor is Charity.

And finally,

You feel a little down because another one of your favorite bloggers is calling it quits. I will miss you Amy at Hallway Four.

20 comments:

You made me laugh with this one. Glad I wasn't drinking my diet coke. Although I've cut back some on my medblog addiction, I do check back on what is cooking at The Blog that ate manhattan when I'm thinking about food. Cheers, Carver

Yes, I was on two episodes on the Discovery Channel when they first started doing medical reality shows years back. I was also on a segment of CBS 48 Hours years ago as well. If you were watching CNN and Fox News during Hurricane Katrina you would've caught me volunteering in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. I was the straight talking, no BS guy who didn't sugarcoat the situation.

Shroom-I think I'm starting to get mixed signals from you. I plan on visiting your blog and leaving a special comment for you later, but first I need to kick Dr. Schwab's ass here in my comment section.

Dr. Schwab-I have something to say to you, but because I am a lurker and a wimp, I'm going to do it here rather than leave a comment on your blog or e-mail you.

I don't buy this writer's block crap for one minute. Admit it. It's a presidential election year and you are stepping out on us medblog readers. I'll bet you even have a "special" Blogger alias that you use for those slutty political blogs. You spend all day carousing with Hillary and Huck and then when it's time to write for your blog, all we hear is "I'm not in the mood to blog" "Not tonight, I have a headache" "Do it yourself, I'm too tired to blog"

We never said you couldn't play in other neighborhoods, but just remember, we still expect a little sumpin sumpin here in the med-blogosphere every once in a while. Thank you. Now get off your ass and write.

(oh yeah, I just said Hillary and Huck because it sounded funny. And let me know if you need some topics to write about. I've got all kinds of crazy questions for you. And I apologize about the tough love, but someone had to do it.)